Vocabulary of Drinks

As we all known,China's most renowned beverage is tea(茶chá), and rightly so. The Chinese are already cultivating tea for thousands of years, and also its approaches for processing tea have remained virtually unchanged of numerous many years.

You can find many kinds of tea in the three main categories: green tea, oolong tea and black tea. Any visit to China or Taiwan isn't complete with a sampling of the fine tea that is offered.

More Than Tea

Chinese tea is not the only drink you can buy. There are all kinds of fruit juices, soft drinks, beers and wines to sample. Non-alcoholic drinks(软饮料ruǎnyǐnliào) are available at coffee(咖啡kāfēi) outlets and tea stands, and bars and restaurants also serve beer(啤酒píjiǔ), wine(果酒guǒjiǔ), and liquor(酒jiǔ).

A lot of drinks are served sweetened, but it is possible to order them with no sugar or with just a little bit of sugar. Coffee is usually served with creamer and bags of sugar on the side. Green tea and oolong tea(乌龙茶wūlóngchá) tend to be served without sugar or milk. Black tea(红茶hóngchá) with milk is known as "milk tea,"(奶茶nǎichá) and may be sweetened in accordance to taste.

Chinese	Pinyin	English
茶	chá	Tea
红茶	hóngchá	Black tea
绿茶	lǜchá	Green tea
乌龙茶	wūlóngchá	Oolong tea
咖啡	kāfēi	Coffee
黑咖啡	hēi kāfēi	Black tea
糖	táng	Sugar
奶精	nǎi jīng	Cream
不加糖	bùjiā táng	No sugar
牛奶	niú’nǎi	Milk
果汁	guǒzhī	Juice
凤梨汁	fènglí zhī	Pineapple juice
苹果汁	Píng’guǒ zhī	Apple juice
西瓜汁	xīguā zhī	Watermelon juice
柠檬汁	níng méng zhī	Lemonade
饮料	yǐnliào	Soft drinks
可乐	kělè	Cola
开水	kāishuǐ	Water
矿泉水	kuàng quán shuǐ	Mineral water
冰水	bīngshuǐ	Ice water
酒	jiǔ	Liquor
葡萄酒	pútáojiǔ	Wine
红酒	hóngjiǔ	Red wine
香槟	xiāngbīn	Champagne
酒单	jiǔ dān	Wine list
气泡酒	qìpào jiǔ	Sparkling wine
我要	wǒyào	I would like…